The following morning, Lea was woken up before the sun had even come up. Klaus had miraculously gotten the Salvatore brothers to agree in having Jeremy over at his house for training but only if it meant that all of them were allowed over. Wanting to be up and ready to train, Allison had taken it upon herself to wake Lea as well, tossing items at her from a distance so she wasn't on the wrong side of a grumpy hybrid who flashed her fangs in anger.

When Lea was fully awake and dressed in spandex shorts that Allison assured her were perfect for the run she wanted to go on, Lea found a white wife beater to pull over the sports bra that Allison had also had her put on. When she met Allison downstairs, she scowled at the younger girl who was dressed in a similar tee and sports bra but her shorts were not clinging to her skin like a pair of underwear.

"Why couldn't I wear those shorts?" She pointed at Allison's lower half while self consciously picking at her own shorts, trying to pull them down some.

"Because," Allison laughed. "Scott would be grumbling all throughout training if I wore spandex with other guys around."

"If you say so." Lea muttered. "Let's go warm up. I feel really exposed in this."

"How?" Allison continued to laugh as she led the way to the front door. "The shorts you normally wear are practically booty shorts so how are you uncomfortable in these?"

"These feel like underwear." She playfully whined. "Now come on, where are we running to?"

Allison's laughter slowly died off. "I didn't think that far ahead." She frowned which made Lea laugh in return. "What do you say we run through the woods or something? Just a quick jog to get us warmed up before everyone else wakes up."

Making her way to the middle of the driveway, Lea stood in place and bent down, her palms resting on the concrete below her. Allison followed her friend's lead, sitting on the ground and spreading her legs. One leg at a time, she leaned to the left for a minute before leaning to the right, getting her leg muscles stretched and ready for the run. After a few more stretches for each female, they stood and faced the woods.

"What do you say we make a bet?" Lea offered. "The slowest runner buys the winner lunch at the Grill."

Allison snorted while looking at her friend. "Do you really think I'm that stupid?" She asked, referring to Lea's hybrid status.

Quirking an eyebrow in amusement, Lea nodded. "Well, you were the one who planned a jog but didn't know where she was jogging to."

Allison opened her mouth to retort but snapped it shut and shrugged. "Point taken." She chuckled. "Let's just run so we can come back and set up a training station or something in the back yard."

Nodding in agreement, the two girls shot off towards the woods, jumping over fallen tree limbs and dodging other tree branches that were in their way.

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An hour and half later, Lea and Allison emerged from the treeline in the back yard of Mikaelson Manor. Their bodies are glistening with sweat and they're panting heavily though the grins on their faces prove that they're in good spirits.

As they get closer to the house, both girls stop dead in their tracks as they see a table that sets up right where the patio ends, and a variety of weapons laid out that include wooden stakes, knives, and a few trigger sensitive crossbows. A few stand-alone targets, that one could shoot at from a distance, sit on one side of the yard with a punching bag.

Glancing at one another and wondering where the hell the weapons came from, their thoughts are answered when Klaus steps out from the back door and makes his way to Allison and Lea. "Morning, lovelies."

"Morning." The girls sound in unison before Lea turned to face Allison. "You want a water?"

"Yes, please." She told her and chuckled when Lea was gone in the blink of an eye. Klaus stood a few feet away, watching her as she walked closer to the table and ran her finger down one of the knife's blade. She had never been alone with the Hybrid Original so she didn't exactly know what to talk to him about but she was saved from further awkward silence when Lea reappeared with two bottled waters. "Thanks." She smiled in acceptance before twisting off the lid and taking a mouthful.

While Allison occupied herself by gulping down water, Lea turned to Klaus. "What's all this?" She gestured to the table of weapons.

"You did plan a training session, did you not?" He asked with a smirk. "I'm just making sure you have a few supplies to teach with."

Lea's eyes narrowed in suspicion. "Why are you suddenly helpful, Nik? You made these people's lives hell for years."

"It's all for the greater good, love." He grinned. When Lea didn't look too pleased, he sighed. "Look, if helping out means the Council is taken down, I'll be your number one contributor."

"You do know that once the Council is taken down, others will be taking their place, right?"

"Says who?" Klaus griped.

"Says everyone!" Lea retorted. "Headquarters will be in chaos when Caesar, Desmond, and Louis end up dead. Someone has to be there to take the reigns and continue to make sure that the vampires stay in line."

"They're vampires, Lea!" Klaus growled dangerously, making Allison flinch at not having seen this side of Klaus since they've met. "And the sooner you realize that, the better it will be. It is not anyone's job besides the vampire's maker to make sure they learn control. And if one is idiotic enough to be found out, then they don't deserve to one of us."

Lea's eyes flashed in annoyance, her top lip trembling in anger but she couldn't find it in herself to lash out at him. After all, he was right, though he didn't have to get pissy about it. "Okay.." Allison intervened. "While I'm more comfortable with the idea that a Vampire Council is keeping other vampires in line," Klaus' eyes flickered to Allison, narrowing at her in annoyance now. "I'm with Klaus on this one, Lea." And the annoyance was now gone from his eyes. "Only one's maker should be responsible that the person they turn can control themselves. If not, well then that vampire deserves a staked shoved in his or her heart."

Lea huffed as her gaze flickered between Allison and Klaus. "Fine." She pouted. "Let's just get this training session going. I'm in the sudden need to throw a few punches." Her eyes flickered to Klaus at the word 'punches'.

Allison hid her amusement by wrapping her lips around the opening of her water bottle while Klaus merely rolled his eyes. "If it makes you feel any better, I'll get Elijah to take over Headquarters." Lea suddenly perked up. "But.. only long enough for him to tame the chaos before letting word get out that everyone is on their own. Vampires should only worry about themselves and those they turn. Not everyone else."

"You know where Elijah is?" Lea asked, completely forgetting about the Council situation.

Klaus shook his head. "No. I just put the word out that I'm looking for him and need to speak to him. It's all up to him whether or not he contacts me."

"Oh." Lea suddenly deflated.

Klaus suddenly felt bad but before he could try and attempt to comfort Lea, Stiles and Scott made their way outside with Jeremy, Elena, Damon, Stefan, Caroline, and Tyler following them. It seemed that everyone came ready to train in workout clothes, the only exception being Damon who wore a black button down, dark-washed jeans, and boots. Jeremy had a duffel bag slung over his right shoulder while Damon and Caroline each held a white and red ice cooler.

"We could've handled the refreshments." Lea told them as Damon and Caroline set the coolers down underneath the table of weapons. "All you had to was ask."

"Nah." Damon smirked as he pulled out one of the coolers and opened it, revealing blood bags. "Klaus likes to drink from the vein. And while I sometimes tap a vein- Stefan, Caroline, and Elena can better control their thirst when it comes from a bag."

"Ah, I see." Lea nodded. Derek, Isaac, Erica, and Boyd had finally made their appearance.

"Mhm." Damon hummed and closed the lid. "So what do you drink? Vein or bag?"

Though the Hale Pack already knew of Lea's diet, they all still looked at her and waited for an answer as well. Fidgeting in place, she mumbled, "Bag.. but I haven't had blood in quite a few months."

Lea averted her gaze from everyone which only made Damon more amused. "That's such a shame." He murmured. "I was actually hoping for a good fight session today."

The fire was suddenly back in Lea's eyes as she locked gazes with the elder Salvatore. "Don't be so sure. I might not have had blood in a while but I'm positive I can kick your arse all around this yard." Taking the challenge, Damon nodded and Lea mischievously grinned. "Alright!" She barked out, her tone very serious. "Those who are training with Argent, go with her by the targets. She'll be training with the crossbows and knife throwing as well as some sneak tactics." Allison nodded as she looked around; Stiles, Jeremy, and Scott following her. "Those who want hand-to-hand combat, follow me." Damon, Stefan, Elena, Caroline, Tyler, Derek, Isaac, Erica, Boyd, and Klaus followed Lea a little ways away from the table of weapons.

As Allison immediately started showing Jeremy techniques on how to properly hold a crossbow and how to perfect his aim, Lea got started with her group. "These vampires that are coming are older, stronger, and wiser." She tells them to which Damon scoffs. "Vampires," She looked each vampire in the eyes. "When they catch your scent, they'll immediately think you as a easy obstacle and won't put in much of an effort to fight you. "Wolves," She looked each wolf in the eye. "They'll underestimate you because they think you'll only be able to shift under a full moon. And since I'm pretty sure they're already somewhere in town, the fight is a hell of a lot closer than any of you think while the full moon is still weeks away."

"What are we to do?" Elena timidly asked.

Lea shrugged. "You fight like hell. There is no special technique in fighting. There's only the element of-"

"Surprise." Erica and Isaac finished for her with matching grins.

"Yes. The element of surprise." Lea chuckled. "When we fight, you're all to team up with someone. I don't care who you team up with, as long as you do. These vampires will have hundreds of years on you so it's important that you team up when taking one of them out."

"We get it." Damon sighed. "Can we get to the fighting now?"

"Of course, your highness." Lea rolled her eyes. "Pretty much anything goes but you will not snap the neck of a wolf or stake anyone in the heart." She tells them. Looking towards two of the vampires, she grins, "Ladies first. Elena and Caroline, show me what you got."

Very cautiously, Elena and Caroline take a step forward and after a reassuring nod from Lea, they lunge at her. It doesn't even take a second for Lea to grip Elena by her bicep and roll the vampire underneath her while sticking her leg out and tripping Caroline over them. As Caroline lands with an oomph!, Lea is hovering over Elena and puts pressure on the vampire's neck but doesn't break it. "Snap!" She mutters to Elena. "You're now out of the fight and just laying there waiting to be killed." Elena stays still, shocked that Lea took her down so quickly and watches and she easily turns just in time to catch Caroline in the stomach with her foot. Caroline drops to the ground yet again and Lea blurs to straddle the blonde vampire, her fist over Caroline's heart. "You're now dead. I just staked you."

Caroline huffs and grits her teeth as Lea stands and holds out a hand to help her up. When Elena is standing side-by-side with Caroline, Lea can't help but blush as everyone is intensely watching her. "Okay.. let's try that again." She clears her throat. "And remember, you're a girl. We don't fight fair." She winked and watched as Caroline and Elena grinned at her.

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"Okay, so remember," Allison is taking a break with her group as they gulp down water. After hours and hours of training, a break was definitely needed. "Just because you carry a crossbow doesn't mean you can't have hidden weapons on you. It helps to catch your enemy off guard when you pull out extra knives or stakes from somewhere."

"Duly noted." Jeremy nodded.

Scott and Stiles are off to the side as they watch Lea take on the Salvatore brothers. Damon had been making comments the entire time, especially when Caroline had stooped low enough to rely on hair pulling when fighting though that didn't fare well for her when Lea returned the favor.

The brothers had nearly taken down Lea when Stefan went out to fight with a stake but Lea merely rolled her eyes. They weren't listening when she said 'element of surprise'. As Damon occupied Lea with hand-to-hand combat, Stefan snuck up on her from behind, stake raised. When Damon smirked, Lea kneed him, letting him fall to the ground before turning around and catching Stefan's wrist and turning the stake inward to drive it into his stomach. Stefan fell and Lea turned back around to the still groaning Damon who was cupping himself. Walking around him and kneeling, she let her face transform, her fangs on display as she gripped Damon by the hair and yanked his head to the side, giving her clear access to his neck. "One bite and you're dead."

"That's so hot." Stiles mumbled and turned red when he saw Derek and Klaus turn to face him, eyebrows raised in amusement. Scott laughed, thumping his friend on the back before making his way to watch the rest of the fighting.

When Klaus and Derek wouldn't look away, Stiles turned to face Allison and Jeremy.

Taking a seat in the grass, Stiles picked up his own water bottle and began to chug it to take his mind off of the two staring at him. As Jeremy took a swig from his own bottle, Stiles caught sight of the bulky black and silver ring on Jeremy's hand.

Quirking an eyebrow at it, Stiles pointed to it. "Family crest?"

Jeremy pulled his eyes away from the fighting to look where Stiles was looking. "Uh, yeah. Something like that." He shrugged. "The ring has been in my family for years, spelled by witches to bring the wearer back to life if they're killed by a supernatural being."

Jeremy explained the ring with such indifference that Stiles couldn't help but gape at him. "D-does it actually work?!"

"Yeah." Jeremy laughed. "Before Damon was somewhat decent, he snapped my neck right in front of my sister."

"What an asshole!" Stiles exclaimed but calmed down as his eyes landed on the ring. "But that's so cool." Now he just looked completely in awe. "One of those would definitely come in handy. I'm the clumsy human of the pack." He grumbled. "Allison has the Huntress within and Lydia, if she were here, is so bitchy and sassy that I'm pretty positive no-one would wanna deal with her."

"We have the bitchy and sassy female in our group too!" Jeremy laughed. "Only she's a vampire now so everything is magnified."

"For crying out loud! Where's the element of surprise? Where's your anger?!" Lea shouted at them, clearly annoyed that no-one had yet been able to get the jump on her. "Claw me, stake me.. do something so I know that you won't be killed when the Council gets here!"

"She looks pissed." Jeremy mumbled as Stiles and Allison nodded along in agreement.

Erica huffed in aggravation from her spot on the ground where she was just thrown, Isaac walking over to help her up. As soon as the she-wolf was on her own two feet, her eyes flashed yellow and when she flicked her wrists out on either side of her, her fingernails transforming into claws.

"Now this is what I'm talking about." Lea wolfishly grinned.

"And things just got interesting." Jeremy scrambled to his feet, Allison and Stiles not far behind him as they scurried over to the group to see a wolfed out Erica and Isaac facing off against Lea.

As the two wolves circled them, everyone got to their feet and watched on. Lea turned in circles as she kept her gaze flickering back and forth between the two, wondering who it was that was going to make the first strike.

She didn't have to wait long seeing as Erica lunged at her first, her right hand slashing upward at her stomach. At the last second, Lea curled in on herself so Erica's hand slashed nothing but air, leaving her back vulnerable where Isaac was able to strike. Lea threw her palm out, catching Erica in the chest and sent her flying backward when Isaac found his opening and lunged forward, slashing his right hand downward across Lea's back. Blood soaked through her white wife beater tank top.

Hissing in pain, Lea couldn't hold back her hybrid visage as turned to face Isaac, catching him by the throat and throwing him to the ground. As she aimed a couple of kicks to the ribs and stomach, she lost her focus just enough for Erica to rush back, driving a wooden stake through her side. Lea snarled and tried to remove the stake when another one is shoved through her stomach by Isaac.

Lea doesn't see Erica running towards the weapon table but everyone else does and watches as she picked up the biggest knife, one that could pass as a small machete. Running back to Lea who is still straddling Isaac, Erica places the blade at the back of Lea's neck. "You're dead." She pants heavily.

Lea freezes, her gaze locking with Isaac before she laughs out loud.

"That was pretty amazing." Jeremy bumps shoulders with Stiles. "And still weird seeing them wolfed out when the moon isn't even out."

"Eh, I'm used to the pups." Stiles shrugs unaffected. "I'm just shocked that they actually beat Lea. They're pretty young in supernatural years."

Lea, Isaac, and Erica make their way to the group; Stiles picking up a water bottle to give to Lea. She takes it with a smile, tearing off the lid and guzzling down the cold water. Damon then saunters up to them, a blood bag in hand, and tosses it to her. "This works better, sweetheart."

Lea catches the blood bag, her veins rushing to the surface as she worked on breathing evenly. "N-no. I'm fine." She tells him. It had been months that she hadn't had blood and drinking blood again, especially in front of the Hale Pack, seemed to make her self-conscious.

Her eyes flicker to Stiles first, Stiles offering her a feeble smile before his gaze fell to the blood bag in her hands. "Mr. Salvatore is right, love. The blood will heal you faster and make you feel better." Klaus murmured.

Lea still looked uncertain but she ended up caving and sunk her fangs in through the bag. Allison and Scott both grimaced as she slurped up the blood, Damon smirking at her eagerness, and Stiles just looked as if he didn't care whether she drank it or not. When the bag was drained, she crumbled it in her hand and made a move towards the door. "I'm gonna go get cleaned up. Dinner at the Grill is on me so if you want in, go get cleaned up at meet me there." She called out over her shoulder.

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A hour later, after everyone is showered, Lea comes down in leather pants that fitted her like a second skin, black platform stilettos, a Rolling Stones tee, and a fitted leather jacket. Her hair was left in big curls framing her face and she put on a small amount of black eyeshadow to give her eyes a smokey effect.

As her feet came off the stairs, cat calls came from Isaac, Stiles, and even Erica. She laughed, throwing them a wink before seeking out Klaus. When found, he merely raised an eyebrow in appreciation. "Don't you clean up well."

"Of course." She curtsied which earned her a chuckle.

When Klaus calmed down, he tucked her arm through his. "Is everyone ready to head out?"

"Almost." She told him. "I actually wanted to give you something first."

"Oh?"

"Yeah." Lea grinned. Looking down at her free arm and wrist, she freed her arm from Klaus before fingering her leather bracelet. "You know how I'm a big fan of surprises?"

"Yes."

"Well I want you to wear this." She tells him, taking off her leather wrap bracelet and wrapping it around one of his wrists. "When the Council finds us, I don't want them feeling your presence until you want it to be known." When Klaus took a moment to study it, she grinned wider. "It's spelled by witches. Anyone who sniffs you out will think you're human.."

Klaus' eyes lit up in awe. "The ultimate surprise." He chuckles.

"Most definitely." Lea agreed.